Healthcare Hodgepodge
Healthcare Hodgepodge with Healthcare Purchasing News features interviews and article reads. The podcast features topics from the publication’s many verticals including supply chain, infection prevention, sterile processing, surgical/critical care, healthcare IT, EVS, and more.
Episodes

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Richard Staynings is currently Chief Security Strategist for Cylera, a pioneer in the space of medical device and HIoT security. He is also author of Cyber Thoughts, a leading healthcare cybersecurity blog, and teaches postgraduate courses in cybersecurity, health informatics and healthcare management at the University of Denver University College. On this episode, Richard and Janette Wider, Editor-in-Chief of HPN, discuss lessons learned in supply chain cybersecurity from 2024 and looks ahead to 2025.

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Matt MacKenzie reads an article on revenue cycle management from Healthcare Purchasing News' November/December edition.

Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Angela Carranza, Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) , Lean Certified Manager of Clinical Resources, Medline, joins Editor-in-Chief, Janette Wider, Healthcare Purchasing News on this episode. The two discuss the relationship between the sterile processing department and the OR, particularly when it comes to onboarding new surgeons.

Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Associate Editor Matt MacKenzie reads a roundup of respiratory news that was featured in the Nov/Dec edition of HPN.

Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
TRSA President Joe Ricci shares insights on linen, uniform, and facility services with Editor-in-Chief, Janette Wider.

Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Rebecca Gayden is Vice President and General Manager, Capital Equipment Solutions at Vizient. Adam Fairbourn is Director, Contract Services at Vizient. Gayden and Fairbourn join Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider to talk capital investments on this week's episode.

Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Katie James is an advanced wound care subject matter expert. She currently works for Medline Industries. James and Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Purchasing News, Janette Wider, discuss assessing skin tones in this very special episode of Healthcare Hodgepodge.

Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Ash Crowe, director, healthcare, St. Onge Company, joins Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider on this episode to talk about offsite reprocessing.

Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Steve Liou, founder and CEO of Clarium, shares his insights on artificial intelligence in this topical episode with Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Purchasing News, Janette Wider.

Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Tatiana Havryliuk, M.D., of Hello Sono shares insights with Editor-in-Chief Janette Wider of Healthcare Purchasing News on point-of-care ultrasound.